Hat-fastener.



"L. FORESTER. HAT EASTENER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17, 1910.

' 982,264. Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

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LEONARD FORESTER, OF STEUBEN'VILLE, OHIO.

HAT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. March 17, 1910.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

Serial No. 549,953.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD FORESTER, a citizen of the United. States,residing at Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat fasteners and has for its object theprovision of a comparatively simple and thoroughly efficient device ofthis character, capable of being readily attached to ladies hats orbonnets and by means of which the hat may be retained in position on thehead of the wearer without the employment of the usual hat pins andwithout piercing or otherwise injuring the body of the hat.

A further object is to provide a hat fastener including a casing havinga spiral spring or helix normally housed within the same and providedwith a projecting portion or shank adapted to be rotated so as to causeone or more whirls of the spring to engage the hair and thus preventaccidental displacement of the hat.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability, andefliciency, as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

Further objects and advantages will ap pear in the followingdescription, it being understood that various changes in form,proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to withinthe scope of the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof,reference is to be had to the following description and accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat provided with a fastenerconstructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the retaining member or spring removed from the casing; Fig. 3is a front elevation partly in section of the casing showing the spiralspring housed within the same; Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional viewshowing the fastener in position on a hat; Fig. 5 is a detailperspective view of the sections comprising the casing detached.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved fastener forming the subject matter of the presentinvention is principally designed for attachment to ladies hats orbonnets and by way of illustration is shown in connection with a hat ofthe ordinary construction in which 5 designates the body of the hat and6 the hat band.

The device comprises a casing preferably formed in two sections 7 and 8,one of which is provided with laterally extending ears 9 adapted to bebent into engagement with the outer face of the adjacent section, thusto retain the sections in assembled position. The metal constituting thesection 7 is pressed laterally to form a chamber 10 adapted to receive aspiral spring or helix 11, the latter being normally housed within thecasing so as not to ofler any obstruction when placing the hat upon thehead. The wire constituting one end of the spiral spring or helix 11 isextended longitudinally in a straight line to form a shank 12, the endof which is threaded at 13 for engagement with a correspondinglythreaded knob or head 14. The inner section 7 is provided with aperipheral flange 15 having a plurality of openings 16 formed therein,which latter register with corresponding openings formed in the matingsection 8 so as to permit the casing to be secured to the hat band 6 bypassing stitches through said openings. If desired however, the casingmay be retained in position on the hat band by means of eyelets orsimilar fastening devices. Formed in the inner section 7 andcommunicating with the interior of the chamber 10, is a slot 17 topermit the passage of the whirls of the spring 11 when the shank 12 isrotated so as to cause said whirls to engage the hair and thus preventaccidental displacement of the hat. Under normal conditions, the spiralspring or helix is entirely housed within the casing. When an initialrotary movement is imparted to the ornamental head 14, the free end ofthe lower convolution or whirl of the spring 11 will be projectedthrough the opening 17 in the casing and a further rotary movementimparted to said head 14c will cause the convolutions or whirls tosuecessively engage the hair and thus hold the hat on the head withoutthe employment of the usual hat pins, and without puncturing orotherwise injuring the body of the hat. In some cases an ornamentalplate 18 may be attached to the exterior wall of the hat to form abearing for the shank of the attaching member. When the auxiliary plate18 is used in connection with the fastener, said plate may be attachedto the hat by passing the securing stitches ofthe fastener throughsuitable openings in the auxiliary plate, as shown.

It will of course be understood that the fasteners may be positioned onone or both sides of a hat and that the head 14: may be provided withany suitable surface ornamentation so as to give the device anattractive appearance. The head 14 not only serves as a means forrotating the shank 12 to eflect the projection of the spring through theinner casing section, but also forms a rounded terminal for the end ofthe shank 12.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a hat, of a casing secured to the inner wall ofthe hat and formed of mating sections, one of which is provided with anopening and the other with a depression defining a circumferentialflange, there being perforations in the flange and the adjacent section,means extending through said perforations and engaging the hat forretaining the casing in position thereon, there being an arcuate slotformed in the depressed casing section, a spiral spring normally housedwithin the casing and provided with a shank extending through theopening in the adjacent casing section and provided with a finger piece,the lower whirl of the spring being movable through the slot intoengagement with the hair when the finger piece is rotated.

2. A hat fastener comprising a casing formed of mating sections, one ofwhich is provided with a depressed port-ion defininga circumferentialflange, the periphery of which is formed with spaced lugs adapted to bebent into engagement with the mating casing section, there being a slotformed in the depressed casing section, and a spiral spring normallyhoused within the casing and provided with a shank extending through oneof said casing sections, the lower whirl of the spring being movable tooperative position through the slot when the shank is rotated.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD FORESTER. [n s1 Witnesses:

CHARLES YOUNG, FRED A. STONE.

